By your scenario, she will not be a "candidate". She will only be a "throw away write-in name" such as voting for yourself or voting for "Abraham Lincoln" or "Mickey Mouse".
Yes, it is your legal right to write in "Papa Smurf" if you want to but it is a legal right with consequences.
By your scenario, Palin is not the GOP nominee. There is therefore no chance she can win the Presidency. Not even Sarah Palin will vote for herself. She has said that she would support the GOP candidate that gets Obama out of the White House.
That leaves only one possible beneficial use for your vote: To defeat Marxist Obama.
Yet, you would refuse to help Sarah Palin defeat Marxist Obama in order to ...... to what?
Seriously ..... in order to what?
It is your legal right to help Marxist Obama get reelected for whatever reason. However, if you help Marxist Obama get reelected by throwing away your vote as an homage to Sarah Palin, it is an act of irrational adoration where you have put the adoration of a politician above the safety and well being of America.
Who do you support, Polybius?
You present a false choice here and I reject your premise. I am not helping Marxist Obama get re-elected, because I am not voting for him. So there's the tired old 'throwing away your vote' canard again.
I prefer Mrs. Palin as my candidate. However,I do notice that you glossed over the point of my second post, where I indicated that there were other candidates who would do just fine for me. So forget about the 'irrational adoration' bit. That dog doesn't hunt.
I won't vote for Romney under any circumstances, and I think a lot of conservatives agree with me. I won't vote for Huntsman either, for the same reason. I like my liberals to admit who they are.
I detest Obama. However, the Republican candidate needs to differ from him in some meaningful way. To vote for a liberal or moderate Republican for President is arguably at least as big a 'throwaway' of a vote -- because it would be a vote against conservative principles. Would you support Huntsman or Romney? I won't, and my conscience will be clear.
I also will vote for the most conservative candidates on the undercard, as they have just as big a role in defeating Marxist Obama as does the candidate for President.